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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Fishermen on the rocks at Playa Santa Teresa at sunset, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Santa Teresa, Costa RicaFishermen on the rocks at Playa Santa Teresa at sunset

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Santa Teresa, Costa Rica by Christopher Crouzet, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Santa Teresa, Costa Rica?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’s own page.

Choose Santa Teresa, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Teresa, Costa Rica’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Hoi An 72, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 84: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 40: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 4: Hoi An leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 30: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 78: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 12: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 35: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 15: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 12: Hoi An leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 25: Hoi An leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 8: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 70: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
34match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
218 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSanta Teresa, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Puntarenas.

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Santa Teresa, Costa Rica: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puntarenas (51.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSanta Teresa, Costa Rica
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
CurrencyDong (VND)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m19 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)113 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSanta Teresa, Costa Rica
City population121,716-
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.